Order Chiroptera - Family Hipposideridae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 365 379 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Hipposideros megalotis Heuglin 1862 Hipposideros megalotis Heuglin 1862 , Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol., Halle, 29 (8): 4 . Type Locality: Eritrea , Bogos Land, Keren. Vernacular Names: Large-eared Leaf-nosed Bat . Distribution: Saudi Arabia , Ethiopia , Eritrea , Djibouti , and Kenya . A record from Somalia is erroneous (M. Happold, pers. comm.). Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt). Discussion: megalotis species group. Sometimes placed in the subgenus Syndesmotis ; see Legendre (1982) and Gaucher and Brosset (1990) . Also see Hill (1963 b ) .